The Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 26.78° S 153.15° E

Issued: 9 am 29 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's The Reef sea temperature is

20.4°C

The Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at The Reef today (29 Aug):

Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 5s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Reef at 12PM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am August 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (29 Aug)	2.5ft (0.8m)	5s
Afternoon (29 Aug)	2ft (0.6m)	8s
Evening (29 Aug)	3ft (0.9m)	6s

Table - waves today at The Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 20°C on Sat morning, min 16°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Saturday 29						Sunday 30								Monday 31
	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	SE 5	E 8	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 6	SE 5	SE 5	SE 6	SE 7	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	ESE 6	SE 6	SE 6	ESE 6
Wave Graph
kJ	34	35	50	51	61	53	65	94	164	255	202	146	137	124	112	99	132	68	61	64	34	51
Wind (km/h)	S	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	S	S	S	SSE	SE	ESE	SE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide		8:34AM1.47m				8:43PM1.79m				9:09AM1.54m				9:15PM1.71m				9:47AM1.58m				9:50PM1.59m
Low Tide				2:25PM0.24m				3:06AM0.15m				3:05PM0.27m				3:35AM0.15m				3:48PM0.33m


	6:03	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:03	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:01	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:32	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—
Temp °C	17	19	20	19	19	18	17	16	17	18	18	19	18	18	17	16	16	17	18	18	18	18
Feels °C	15	16	16	16	16	16	14	12	12	13	13	15	15	15	14	13	14	15	15	15	16	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	SE 6	E 9	E 8	E 8	E 6	E 8
kJ	34	35	50	36	35	35	33	33	33	36	11	23	39	24	24	24	89	23	22	22	22	11
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 12	SE 11	SE 11	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	E 10	NE 10	ENE 10	E 10	NE 10	E 13	E 13	SE 10	SE 10	E 9	SE 10	SE 9	E 12	E 8	E 11
kJ	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	2	4	19	17	4	3	3	4	4	24	4	3	3	21	21
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	SE 7	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	E 10	E 10	—	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	E 12	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	E 13	SE 10	NE 13	E 12	SE 9	E 12	E 19
kJ	2	2	4	4	4	2	2	—	4	4	4	3	7	7	7	3	4	7	3	3	11	7
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 6	SE 5	SE 5	SE 6	SE 7	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	ESE 6	SE 6	SE 6	ESE 6
kJ	27	29	36	51	61	53	65	94	164	255	202	146	137	124	112	99	132	68	61	64	34	51
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1
Distance (km)	1	1	13	46	46	45	155	12	29	45	45	159	45	45	45	45	13	13	1	45	45	29
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1		2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	3	5	5	6	6	4	7	8	7	7	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	5	5	7	6	6	7	7	8	7	7	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	4

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